Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Morteza Nagahi, Mississippi State University; Raed Jaradat, Mississippi State University; Samaneh Davarzani, Mississippi State University; Mohammad Nagahisarchoghaei, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Simon R. Goerger, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center

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Systems Engineering

Paper ID #31150Academic Performance of Engineering StudentsMr. Morteza Nagahi, Mississippi State University Morteza Nagahi is a doctoral candidate and graduate research assistant at the Management Systems Engi- neering Lab at the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Mississippi State University. Pre- viously, Morteza received a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tehran and a master’s degree in Business Administration from Mazandaran University of Science and Technol- ogy in 2012 and 2014, respectively. Currently, Morteza is working as a graduate research assistant on an

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin; R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University

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Diversity

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Engineering and Public Policy

offered by technical colleges for business and technicaltechnicians [6]. Eventually the Institute of Incorporated Engineers (IIE) was founded whichbrought electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering technician institutions under one umbrella[9] 2. Subsequently the IIE merged with the Institution of Electrical Engineers to form theInstitution of Engineering and Technology (IET). It embraced technicians and technologists underthe same umbrella in several ways similar to the way American IEEE embraces graduates with fouryear engineering degrees and those with degrees in technology. Similar politics have played out inteaching. In the UK the Office of National Statistics categorized the occupational status of teachingas a profession. In the

Conference Session

Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington; Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Ken Yasuhara, Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching (CELT); Jim L. Borgford-Parnell, University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

potential technologies for self-improvement. In Proceedings of the CHI annual conference.28. Bateman, S., Teevan, J., & White, R. W. (2012). The search dashboard: How reflection and comparison impact search behavior. In Proceedings of the ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems annual conference.29. Grimes, A., Tan, D., & Morris, D. (2009). Toward Technologies that Support Family Reflections on Health. In Proceedings of ACM GROUP 2009 conference.30. Ambrose, S. A. (2013). Undergraduate engineering curriculum: The ultimate design challenge. The Bridge: Linking Engineering and Society, 43(2), 16-23. Page 24.776.1531

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ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George List; Stacy Eisenman

be team efforts? Should they focus onindividual disciplinary areas or integrate them together? Rensselaer’s civil engineering program isused as a case study setting.Building on prior efforts such as the Admiral Combs Design Retreat [12] and the required coursein Sensors and Instrumentation [2], the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering atRensselaer is creating a suite of hands-on experiences that span the undergraduate program andtie closely to the sequence of courses being taken. The program also provides opportunities toshow the students how information technology (IT) has become an integral part of civilengineering systems

Collection

2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Richard Devon; Kathryn Jablokow

tasks and largely determine the usability, performance, and cost-effectivenessof a plant or unit. These in turn have a direct effect on the safety and environmental compatibilityof the plant or unit in subsequent operation.”3. An Approachable Process Model. The two-step FEED-Solution (F-S) design process modelis simple for students to understand, and as such, it is very likely to improve student learning. InFigure 2, we show the F-S model for the case of market pull. Since the market is the driver ofthis process, we refer to it as market driven. This is distinct from the case in which an invention(technology push), a spin-off (from say R&D), or public policy is the driver. None of thereferenced engineering design texts teach this F-S model

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Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wolter J. Fabrycky P.E., Virginia Tech

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Engineering Economy

synthesis of knowledge. This has occurred not only within science, but betweenscience and technology and between science and the humanities. The forward progress ofsystemology in the study of large-scale complex systems requires a synthesis of science and thehumanities in addition to a synthesis of science and technology.When synthesizing human-made systems, unintended effects can be minimized and the naturalsystem can sometimes be improved by engineering the larger human-modified system instead ofengineering only the human-made. If system evaluation is applied beyond the human-made, thenthe boundary of the target system (meant to include both natural and human-made systems) shouldbe adopted as the boundary of the human-modified domain.Systems

Conference Session

Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Henry Lamb; David Ollis

, viscosity22). Combined with report writing and subsequent oral presentation, these activitiescontribute both “hands-on” experience and team communication opportunities, routinely cited aspreparation for the “real world”. Of the recent hot topics in federal research, namely biotechnology, nanotechnology, andinformation technology, only biochemical engineering appears to have made inroads in chemicalengineering lab instruction, as illustrated by papers CEE papers on fermentation 23-25 andbioseparations 9,26,27. Gradual reform of undergraduate laboratories have occurred through alteration ofemphasis to include product design28, device troubleshooting29, safety30, EC2000 criteria 31-32,process design 33,34, environmental awareness35

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EMD Technical Session 1: Captstone, Ethics, and Statistical Methods

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Venkat Allada, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Clair Kueny, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Paper ID #38078Community-focused Senior Design Practicum ProjectsVenkat Allada (Vice Provost for Graduate Studies) Dr. Venkat Allada is a Professor of Engineering Management & Systems Engineering at Missouri University if Science and Technology (Missouri S&T), Rolla, USA. He served as Missouri S&T’s inaugural vice provost of graduate studies from 2007-2017. He served as the 2016-17 chair of the Mid-west Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS). Dr. Allada earned his doctoral degree in Industrial Engineering from University of Cincinnati in 1994. His teaching and research interests are in areas of lean

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Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

AC 2007-378: THE DOCTORAL PATHWAY, AN INSTITUTIONAL JOURNEY OFDEVELOPMENTRonald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology Ronald S. Kane is Dean of Graduate Studies and Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Before that he had been Dean of Graduate Studies, Research, and Continuing Professional Education and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology and before that served as Mechanical Engineering Department Chair at Manhattan College. He has industrial experience in the energy and aerospace industries and worked for a number of years on nuclear safety and alternative energy systems, with focus on modeling and

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Farris

framework to integrate marketing’sfocus on the customer, research, information technology, and the core benefit into the innovationprocess with the engineer’s focus on function and technology. The contributions marketing andengineering make to each phase of the product innovation process are emphasized. The secondtheme is iteration and adaptation. As marketing and engineering develop information about theproduct and its potential market, the design and marketing plan must change. Suggestions aremade for improving the courses based on what has been learned and where the program is going.I. Introduction Before the winter2003 semester Engineering 610, Engineering Design, was taught nottaught with any links to a marketing course. The course

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell

propertiesof Kevlar, examining the performance of polymer fiber-wrapped concrete systems,advanced vegetable processing technology, metals purification, combustion, membraneseparation processes and other areas of interest. Every engineering student participates inthese projects and benefits from hands-on learning, exposure to emerging technologies,industrial contact, teamwork experience and technical communication practice [23, 24]. These conditions make the Junior/Senior Clinics meaningful and exciting learningexperiences, but the pressure derived from the intense and often unpredictable Page 9.414.7Proceedings of the 2004

Conference Session

Assessment Issues in 1st-Yr Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Anita Mahadevan-Jansen; Christopher Rowe; Stacy Klein-Gardner

study. We plan to develop assessment tools andrubrics that would allow us to quantify some of these parameters within the context of theintended use of such technology. As part of this study, we also applied Refero© for assessingstudent pre-conceptions. This use aided tremendously in presenting course content but required afundamental shift in the method of instruction to increased flexibility in content focus as well asdirection. An interesting observation was that the student wanted to discuss the basis for some ofthe pre-conceptions and its relationship to engineering principles. It was also observed that suchpreconceptions had to be addressed repeatedly before students were convinced to change theirthought-processes

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Yaw Owusu

. Shina, S.G., Successful Implementation of Concurrent engineering Products and Processes --Edited by Shina, S.G., Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY (1994).5. Shina, S.G. Concurrent Engineering and Design for Manufacture of Electronic Products, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY (1991).6. Kerzner, H., Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, Van Nostrand, New York, pages 165-183 (1995).YAW A. OWUSUYaw A. Owusu is an Associate Professor and Fulbright Fellow at Florida A & M University-Florida StateUniversity College of Engineering in the Department of Industrial Engineering. Dr. Owusu is the Directorof "Affordable Cutting-Edge technology Program" at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. Dr

Conference Session

Career Advancement Through Engineering Leadership Development

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michael B. O'Connor, New York University; Elizabeth Zofia Bialek PE, American Society of Civil Engineers; East Bay Municipal Utility District; Susan Davis, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Engineering Leadership Development

Rapid Transit district’s 1990’s expansions in the East Bay and SFO Airport at three billion to the New Starts program for the Federal Transit Administration with over a hundred projects and $85 billion in construction value. At the latter, he also acted as source selection board chairman and program COTR for $200 plus million in task order con- tracts for engineering services. Working for the third-largest transit agency in the United States, the Los Angeles County MTA, Michael managed bus vehicle engineering for $1 billion in new acquisitions and post-delivery maintenance support for 2300 vehicles with some of the most complex technology (natural gas engines and embedded systems) in the US transit industry in the

Conference Session

Mentoring Practices and Project Teams

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Olivia W. Murch, Purdue University ; Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #22589Comparing Peer-to-Peer Written Comments and Teamwork Peer Evalua-tions.Dr. Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants Catherine E. Brawner is President of Research Triangle Educational Consultants. She received her Ph.D.in Educational Research and Policy Analysis from NC State University in 1996. She also has an MBA from Indiana University (Bloomington) and a bachelor’s degree from Duke University. She specializes in evaluation and research in engineering education, computer science education, teacher education, and technology education. Dr. Brawner is a founding member and former

Conference Session

Academic Boot Camp

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorja Kimball, Texas Engineering Experiment Station; Bryan Cole, Texas A&M University; Margaret Hobson, Texas Engineering Experiment Station; Karan Watson, Texas A&M University; Christine Stanley, Texas A&M Univeristy

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2007-2963: A STUDY OF MINORITY ENGINEERING STUDENTS AND TIMETO COMPLETION OF FIRST YEAR REQUIRED COURSES AT TEXAS A&MUNIVERSITYJorja Kimball, Texas Engineering Experiment Station Dr. Jorja Kimball is the Director of Strategic Research Development office for the Texas Engineering Experiment Station, an agency of the Texas A&M University system. She holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration, BBA and MBA. Her research interests and publications involve engineering education, diversity, and underrepresented engineering groups and issues.Bryan Cole, Texas A&M University Dr. Bryan R. Cole is Professor of Educational Administration in the Department of Educational

Conference Session

Liberal Education and Leadership

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

AC 2009-1676: DEVELOPING STUDENTS' ABILITIES IN TECHNICALLEADERSHIP: THE ROSE-HULMAN LEADERSHIP ACADEMYJames Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology James Hanson is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Rose-Hulman where he has been teaching since 2002. Among the courses he teaches is the capstone design course where he mentors team leaders. He has received several teaching awards including the ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Outstanding Teaching Award and the ASEE Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award. He has four years experience as a US Army officer where he led combat ready units. Recently he helped initiate the Rose-Hulman Leadership Academy.Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute

Conference Session

Faculty Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cathy Burack, Brandeis University; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Alan Melchior, Brandeis University; Eric Morgan, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Educational Research and Methods

exceptions to this are theAssistive Technologies Program18, which involves staff and students from electrical engineeringmainly and the Village Empowerment Program19, which has involved students and faculty frommechanical engineering as well as a number of other departments in several colleges at UML andother universities. These two programs had the highest visibility among the faculty interviewees,transcended departmental boundaries, and offered multiple avenues for contributing to the Page 13.507.6projects (e.g. from developing a plan for later implementation to fabricating an actual part).Impact of Service-LearningFaculty in their interviews

Conference Session

Contextual Competencies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyun Kyoung Ro, Carnegie Mellon University; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan; Dan Merson, Pennsylvania State University; Patrick T. Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

regarding campus climate. He also worked with Drs. Lisa Lattuca and Patrick Terenzini on two NSF-funded projects that explore the current state of engineering education. Before beginning his doctoral program, he worked for Residence Life, the Dean of Students, and the College of Engineering at Penn State and for the Office of Admissions and the Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His research interests include student learning and development, campus climate, technology in higher education, and engineering education.Dr. Patrick T. Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University Patrick Terenzini is Distinguished Professor of higher education and Senior Scientist Emeritus in Penn State’s

Conference Session

Predicting Student Success

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyedhamed Sadati, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Nicolas Ali Libre, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #18736Development of an Early Alert System to Predict Students At Risk of FailingBased on Their Early Course ActivitiesMr. Seyedhamed Sadati, Missouri University of Science & Technology Seyedhamed Sadati is a PhD candidate of Civil Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Tech- nology. His expertise are in the field of concrete technology, with a focus on durability of reinforced concrete structures and optimization of sustainable concrete materials for transportation infrastructure. He has served as the co-instructor of the ”Transportation Engineering” course for two years at the De- partment of

Conference Session

Engineering Practice for a Moral World

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Catalano, State University of New York-Binghamton

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Engineering Ethics

sick and enfeebled, children and the elderly, all those dispossessedor powerless in our society.Keywords: Engineering ethics, codes of conduct, models of nature, a morally deep worldIntroductionEngineering applies technical knowledge to solve human problems. More completely,engineering is a technological activity that uses professional imagination, judgment,integrity, and intellectual discipline in the application of science, technology,mathematics, and practical experience to design, produce, and operate useful objects orprocesses that meet the needs and desires of a client.1 Today engineering is seen as aprofession which refers specifically to fields that require extensive study and mastery ofspecialized knowledge and a voluntary and abiding

Conference Session

Transfer and Transitions

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Schott, Florida SouthWestern State College; Cynthia Orndoff, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Two-Year College

Paper ID #25757Engineering Prerequisites at Florida UniversitiesDr. Elizabeth Schott, Florida SouthWestern State College Dr. Elizabeth Schott received a PhD in Industrial Engineering and a MS in Mathematics from New Mexico State University, a MS in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, and a BS in Mathematics from the United States Military Academy at West Point. Prior to becoming a Professor in the School of Pure and Applied Sciences at Florida SouthWestern State College (FSW), she served as a Quartermaster officer in the United States Army, where she retired as an Academy and Associate

Conference Session

Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Summer Programs on K-12 Youth.

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Susan Beth D'Amico, NC State University; Landon Drew LaPorte, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #11443Engineering Summer Programs: A Strategic ModelDr. Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University Dr. Laura Bottomley, ASEE Fellow, is the Director of Women in Engineering and The Engineering Place for K-20 Outreach and a Teaching Associate Professor in the Colleges of Engineering and Education at NC State University. She teaches an Introduction to Engineering class for incoming freshmen in the College and Children Design, Invent, Create, a course for elementary education students that introduces them to engineering design and technology as well as various electrical engineering classes. In 2009 Dr

Conference Session

Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay B. Brockman, University of Notre Dame; Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Gary Allen Gilot P.E., University of Notre Dame

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

Indiana University at South Bend (1985). He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Indiana (since 1982). As Public Works Director for the City of South Bend for 12 years, and interim transition consultant post-retirement for another 2 years, Gary was responsible for an over 300 person, $65 million per year enterprise and implementation of a $ 40-50 million per year Capital Improvement Program. Gary introduced innovative technology solutions and coached teamwork across silos of the large South Bend organization and fostering numerous creative collaborations. Gary continues to serve as President of Board of Public Works in South Bend which has management oversight for the municipality. Gary previously served as

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University; Viatcheslav Naoumov, Cental Connecticut State University; Steven Joseph Kirstukas, Central Connecticut State University

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Educational Research and Methods

in academia he worked as Assistant, Associate, Full Professor, and Departmental Head at Kazan Aviation Institute, and Visiting Full Professor at Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering De- partment at University of Tennessee, Knoxville. In 2007 he joined CCSU School of Engineering and Technology as an Associate Professor. He taught about 30 undergraduate and graduate courses; was sci- entific advisor of multiple Ph.D. and Dr. of Science Dissertations. Area of research and teaching interests - Propulsion, Aerothermodynamics, Combustion and Heat Transfer. Instrumentation. Performed research projects for Russian and French Aerospace Agencies, NASA, DOE, DOD, and Automotive Company SAAB. Author of 3

Conference Session

Ethics in different disciplines

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diana Bairaktarova, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2011-1735: DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING ETHICS COURSEDiana Bairaktarova, Purdue University, West Lafayette Diana Bairaktorova is a PhD student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She hold BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria and an MBA from Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota. She has 7 years of professional experience, working as a Module Design and MMIC Test Engineer at TLC Precision Wafer Technology in Minneapolis, MN and as an Operations Engineer at Napco International in Hopkins, MN.Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Demetra Evangelou is Assistant Professor of Engineering Education in the School of Engineering

Conference Session

Track 4 - Session II - Student and Curriculum Development II

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Qin Zhu, Purdue University; Julia D Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrea Mazzurco, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sang Eun Woo, Purdue University

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Student and Curriculum Development

Paper ID #8236Global Engineering Competencies and CasesProf. Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette Brent K. Jesiek is Assistant Professor in the Schools of Engineering Education and Electrical and Com- puter Engineering at Purdue University. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech. Dr. Jesiek draws on expertise from engineering, computing, and the social sciences to advance understanding of geographic, disciplinary, and historical variations in engineering education and professional practice.Qin Zhu, Purdue

Conference Session

Effective Teaching and Learning, and Post-Pandemic Classrooms

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Shen Theh, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Rachel Shannon, University of California Los Angeles; Mani Mina, University of California Los Angeles

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Paper ID #39084Revisiting classroom environment and activities: Reexamination ofmistakes and learning cyclesWei Shen Theh, Iowa State University of Science and Technology Wei Shen Theh completed his BS in Electrical Engineering at Iowa State University and is currently pursuing a PhD in Electrical Engineering. His interest includes collaborative engineering work and trans- formation of engineering education for the 21st century. He has served with the peer mentor team for freshman electrical engineering students and as guest speakers for incoming students. As a Teaching As- sistant, he has valuable experience working

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Integration and Programmatic Reform

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xueni Fan, Texas Tech University; Joshua M. Cruz, Texas Tech University; John Carrell, Texas Tech University; Michael Scott Laver, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

University. His specializations include qualitative methods, post-secondary transitions, and academic writing.Dr. John Carrell, Texas Tech University John Carrell is Assistant Professor of Engineering at the Texas Tech University Honors College. He received his doctorate in industrial engineering from Texas Tech University and his research focuses on enriching engineering education through the humanities.Michael Scott Laver, Rochester Institute of Technology Michael Laver received his bachelor’s degree from Purdue University, West Lafayette in 1996 in both history and psychology, and his Masters and PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilization from the University of Pennsylvania in 2006. He is currently a professor in the

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Yoder, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bruce Black, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

2006-1951: A STUDY OF GRAPHICAL VS. TEXTUAL PROGRAMMING FORTEACHING DSPMark Yoder, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Mark A. Yoder received his BS degree in 1980 and Ph.D. in 1984, both in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University. He is currently a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose- Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. Since 1988 he has been teaching engineering at Rose-Hulman. His research interests include investigating ways to use technology to teach engineering more effectively. He pioneered, at Rose, the use of Computer Algebra Systems (such as Maple and Mathematica) in teaching electrical engineering. He also helped pioneering the teaching of